Weekly Wrap 8/25/17: Hurricane Harvey Hits Texas

Media outlets are universally covering Hurricane Harvey, which is predicted to cause major damage across the east Texas coast and expected to make landfall early Saturday. The hurricane has gained strength through Friday, thus becoming a literal developing story.

Since the storm is developing, agencies are preparing at the federal and state level, and media outlets are covering the broad response, most stories are going with the blog update format. For an example, here’s a look at CNN’s lede:

WASHINGTON ― Undocumented young people and immigrant rights advocates prepared for battle on Friday amid rumors that President Donald Trump will finally fulfill a campaign promise to strip legal work permits from hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants and put them back at risk of deportation.